What made this case so interesting was not the
trial but the witnesses. They each saw
different things. Do not miss
understand. They all saw the wreck. They were all witnesses to the wreck. They also saw with their heart though. One witness saw a mother worried about her
child in the back seat. Another witness
saw the driver looking at the damage to the vehicles while another witness
noticed how the people gathered around the wreck. The final witness mentioned how some people
offered to help. The one fact not
disputed was that the wreck happened. Each
witness saw the wreck and testified to it but they also mentioned what was
important in their hearts and thus what they thought would be important to us.
Today’s Gospel reading is similar to the
experience of those witnesses of the wreck.
First recall last Sunday’s Gospel from the Gospel of John. The Apostles have locked themselves, out of
fear, in the upper room. Jesus appears
to the Apostles and shows them the nail mark on his hands and feet. He greets them with “Peace be with you” and he
disciples rejoiced.
Today, in the Gospel of Luck, we hear of the same
event but from another point of view, through the eyes of a different witness. The Apostles have locked themselves in the
upper room. Two disciples in the room are
telling of their encounter with the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus. Jesus appears and greats them with “Peace be with
you.” In today’s Gospel Jesus not only
shows the disciples his hands and feet but tells the disciples that “Ghost do not have
flesh and bones.” Jesus then asks for
something to eat. It is implied that if Jesus
were a ghost he would have no need to eat.
